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0Video: New Chinese car can be driven by remote control 1345748400
The successor to the BYD F3 has gone through a couple of name changes on its way to production, finally settling on Su Rui, but its USP has been locked in since the beginning: remote control operation. That's right, a full-sized, road-legal sedan that can be driven by remote control. Of course, ...
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Report: Daimler and BYD team up to create Denza brand in China 1332973140
It's been two years since the union between Mercedes-Benz and BYD, and now the first fruits of that labor are about to be unveiled. The joint venture will sell a line of electric vehicles under the Denza brand name, starting with the E6 built on the platform from the first-generation ...
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Report: China's BYD opening U.S. headquarters today 1319493660
Chinese automaker BYD is set to open its North American headquarters in Los Angeles today. The company says that the office will add around 150 jobs to the area, including engineering and management positions. In addition, the manufacturer has announced a partnership with Hertz that will see BYD ...
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Ailing BYD prepares for layoffs in China 1315312140
Sometimes building the dream involves a little un-building and renovation. Such is the case with China's BYD (an acronym for Build Your Dreams) that, two years ago, made Warren Buffet a billion dollars in profit and made its chairman Wang Chuanfu the richest man in China, but by the end of last ...
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BYD raises $219 million in China IPO 1308694860
Chinese automaker BYD raised a less-than-stellar 1.42 billion yuan ($219 million U.S. at the current exchange rate) in its initial public offering in Shenzhen, China late last week. Analysts say that BYD's IPO was weighed down by weak investor sentiment and worries over the automaker's poor ...
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WikiLeaks reveals disturbing business practices of Buffett's BYD 1299789000
2009 BYD F3DM – Click above for high-res image galleryAre Chinese cars nothing more than cheap copies of other automaker's products in other parts of the world? That's a question that's been asked rather widely for the last several years as the numbers of large Chinese automakers has ... -
BYD: Want to sell our cars? Sell our light bulbs too! 1294961280
BYD E6 at 2011 Detroit Motor Show – Click above for high-res image galleryChina automaker BYD is in no hurry to launch in the States, and it shows in its plan. BYD has been displaying cars at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit for three years now, and it originally ... -
Report: BYD to unveil Lexus RX-influenced S6 hybrid in Detroit 1294441320
BYD S6 DM – Click above for high-res image galleryWhenever we hear that a Chinese automaker is working on a vehicle that's "influenced" by some other successful model from an established global company, we wince a little. After all, we've seen quite a few less-than-convincing attempts to ... -
BYD bringing electric E6 to U.S. in
20102011? 1292592540BYD e6 electric MPV – Click above for high-res image galleryWhen Chinese automaker BYD's E6 electric crossover hit the stage at the Detroit Auto Show in January, the ambitious automaker announced that the vehicle's production schedule was on track and that U.S. deliveries would get ... -
Big Trouble in Little China: BYD profit falls 99 percent 1288182660
Wang Chan Fu, BYD ChairmanWarren Buffet-backed BYD is in trouble. The Chinese automaker saw profits fall by an astounding 99 percent in the third quarter. The fall was the second largest among the 982 stocks that make up the MSCI Asia Pacific Index. The company saw sales fall by a hefty 25 ...

